Alena Kamper from Sacred Hill in Hawke’s Bay took out the title of 2023 Tonnellerie de Mercurey North Island Young Winemaker of the Year following the competition held at Indevin’s Gimblett Gravels winery on 28 September. The 22 year old performed .
A contracting company has been fined $52,500 for unlawfully quarrying in part of the important Gimblett Gravels wine-growing district in Hawke’s Bay, damag
To date, only a handful of fine wine producers from Australia, New Zealanda and South Africa have released on La Place, however this year marks the debut of Yalumba The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz and New Zealand's Craggy Range’s Le Sol and Aroha cuvées. db's Dolin Hay gives his tasting notes of the wines